A new strategy for developing versatile
nanostructured surfaces
utilizing the swelling of polymers in solvents is described. The self-stratified
coating on 3D printed acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene
(ABS) copolymers with nanoparticles enables mechanically durable superhydrophobic
characteristics. Unlike other methods, it was capable to produce superhydrophobicity
on complex 3D structured surfaces. Mechanically durable superhydrophobic
coatings that can withstand an abrasion cycle were obtained. Partial
embedding of the nanoparticles into the ABS surface due to the swelling
and self-stratification is considered as the reason for the increased
mechanical strength of the coating. Utilizing this idea, the original
concept of power-free physical sensors responding to changes in temperature,
pressure, and surface tension was proposed.
Background: In the fabrication of polymer/clay nanocomposites, the compatibilizer plays a vital role in altering the properties of nanocomposite systems. The present work primarily deals with the development of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/clay nanocomposites containing different compatibilizers (PP-g-MA, PE-g-MA and PS-g-MA) with 5 wt.% nanoclay.
Nowadays, utilization of biodegradable materials has become necessary in order to maintain global environmental and ecological balance. "Green" composites offered the possible solution to waste disposal problems associated with traditional petroleum derived plastics. The use of plastics based on removable resources is enormous now a day for the development of true bio-composites. Fully biodegradable "Green" textile composites have been prepared from Ecoflex and ramie fabric. Textile composites were fabricated from the Ecoflex polymer and the ramie fabric by hot compression molding technique. Interactions at the fiber-matrix interface and the compatibility between ramie fabric and Ecoflex polymer will affect the properties of the system. The mechanical property and barrier property of the composites were investigated. Static mechanical properties such as tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation at break of the textile bio-composites were analyzed. Sorption characteristics of water, oil and diesel in the textile composites were analyzed in order to determine its outdoor applications and the influence of macro fibers on the transport phenomena was investigated. The kinetics of sorption-diffusion process was investigated. Kinetic parameters such as n, k, diffusion coefficient, permeability, solubility parameter, % swelling index, etc., were analyzed. The water sorption mechanism in the textile composites was found to exhibit slight deviation from Fickian mode.
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